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EPA says Trump’s big bill should help in its fight to freeze billions in green bank funds

WASHINGTON (AP) — The sprawling tax and policy bill that passed Congress repeals a multibillion-dollar green bank for financing climate-friendly projects, and the Trump administration should be allowed to freeze its funding and cancel related contracts with nonprofits, federal officials said in a court filing. Climate United Fund and other nonprofits in March sued the…

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Joe Biden Bans ‘Extremely Toxic’ Cancer-Causing Chemicals

The Biden-Harris administration has banned two cancer-causing chemicals, Trichloroethylene (TCE) and Perchloroethylene (PCE), in a “major milestone” for chemical safety. The rules ban all uses of TCE, along with consumer and many commercial uses of PCE, while requiring stringent worker protections for any remaining uses. The ban is aligned to President Joe Biden‘s Cancer Moonshot…

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